Iheanacho to get his chance

The Nigeria striker has struggled to nail down a starting place since his £25m arrival from Manchester City.

But Leicester have a hectic Christmas fixture list coming up, with eight games in just 20 days, and Puel says he will have to rotate his side and the likes of Iheanacho, Slimani and Musa will get their chance.

“We have a lot of players in this position. It is good competition between them, perhaps a little more because for one or two positions we have six possibilities. We have Iheanacho, Islam Slimani, Ahmed Musa, Shinji Okazaki, Leo Ulloa and Jamie Vardy; it is a lot of players but I hope we can give them good game time for the future because we play every three days.

Kelechi Iheanacho has had to be patient since his £25 million move to Leicester City. (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)

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This seems to be the message from both the players and the staff ahead of the game: caution.

I don’t know. It could happen for the next games, perhaps with tiredness of some players, with some injuries, we will see. We have not a big squad and it’s important to respect all the players, of course.